Abstract:Rowlock cavity wall is a Chinese traditional masonry wall, which has been extensively used in rural areas of southern China such as Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Province. After the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, peoples began to focus on the seismic capacity of those large amount of rural residential houses built in rowlock cavity wall. To assess the existing houses, it's necessary to make clear the seismic shear capacity of rowlock cavity wall at first. Based on the report of General Seismic Inve… Show more
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